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Distinguished art critic Dore Ashton writes in her review, "[Dix's] extensive series of prints and drawings, particularly those of trench warfare, are undeniably among his most valuable contributions to art history." [Read more]

Columbia Daily Spectator writer Maria Castex says of Dix's 1924 portfolio War, "the small scale, the darkness of the ink, and the violence with which the figures and landscapes are rendered...forces viewers to really focus on the images." [Read more]

"The painter himself said he was neither for war nor against war. Instead he provided a kind of modified reportage, Peters said, that is "a reflection of war... filtered through experience and memories but also reflected through the basis of Dix's knowledge of art history." [Read more]

"As the preeminent showplace of modern German art in America, the Neue Galerie continues through Otto Dix its mission of bringing the greatest German artists to America not as curiosities but as illuminating and relevant prisms through which we can view our present condition." [Read more]

"Though raw in content and at times appearance, Dix's work should not be taken as loose and expressive. It is tight and focused visually, and thematically the ouvre as a whole bottlenecks to passion and violence, portrayed with theatricality and grotesqueness." [Read more]

New York Observer journalist Amanda Julius calls both Café Sabarsky and Café Fledermaus "impressive," but recommends Fledermaus as "something of an insider secret." To read the entire article, follow this link.

The Neue Galerie's Otto Dix exhibition is featured on the cover of the June 2010 edition of Art & Antiques, and is the subject of a lengthy review by journalist Edward M. Gomez in that publication. Follow this link to download a pdf of the article.

This May, the museum is pleased to present lectures by New York Times journalist Roger Cohen and Dix expert Philipp Gutbrod, and a dramatic performance inspired by the painting Portrait of the Dancer Anita Berber performed by Colleen Werthmann. [More information about May events]

A few tickets are still available for soprano Amy Burton and pianist/composer John Musto's cabaret performance at Café Sabarsky this Thursday, April 29. This is the last performance of the spring cabaret season. [More information about cabaret]